Sliding gate



' (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. W. R. WHITE.

SLIDING GATE.

No. 371,237. Patented Oct. 11,1887.

(No Model.) V 2 Sheets -Sheet 2.

W. R. WHITE.

SLIDING GATE.

No. 371,237. Patented Oct. 11, 1887 ZWZWMJ: Jar/whim PETERs.Phaw-mmxnpber. Wuhmglm. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. WHITE, OF NEOGA, ILLINOIS.

SLIDING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,237, dated October11, 1887.

Application filed May 10, 1884. Serial No. l3l,006. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. WHIT a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Neoga, in the county of Cumberland and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of gates in which a panel is causedto slide back and forth across the gateopening; and my inventionconsists in the combination, with the gate-panel and its operatingmechanism, of a guide and pivot device, all as hereinafter fully setforth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate,showing the roadway shut. Fig. 2 is the same, showing roadway open. Fig.3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view showing a modification, andFig.

5 is a view of the guide and pivot.

The gate-panel A is supported in any suit able manner so as to slideacross the roadway to and from the post B. Forinstance, it may beprovided with an extended upper rail, (1, supported and guided byguide-wheels b c (I, turning at the sides of posts D E.

To prevent the lower end of the gate from swinging outward under theaction of the wind, or by the pressure of animals against it, the lowerrail, 6, extends between two friction rollers, 12, turning uponstudsprojecting from a bar, F, which is provided with a tang, j, eithertapering or threaded, so as to be driven into or screwed into the postD, and thus secured in the position shown in the drawings.

At the upper end of the post D is a crosspiece, G, to which are pivotedthe levers H H, and to a fixedjournal or pin, f, projecting from saidpost and formed by a prolongation of the outer end of the bar F, ispivoted the section at of a rod, J, consisting of the two sectionsm n,jointed together, the section 12 being pivoted at its outer end to thegate-panel at the upper outer corner, or at any other suitable point.

Rods K, connected to the inner ends of the levers H, extend to a pointabout the middle of the section m, and a shoulder or stop, 00,

upon the post D so limits the movements ofthe levers H that when thegate is closed the sections at n will occupy the position shown in Fig.1, in which case they will serve to brace the gate and resist anymovement to thrustit back and open the roadway. Each lever His providedwith a pendent cord, by means of which a person upon horseback or in avehicle can readily pull downward the outer end of the lever, which willresult in lifting the inner ends of the sections in n of the bar J andimpart such an impetus to the gate as will throw it backto the positionshown in Fig. 2. When, after having passed through the gate, theoperator pulls upon the pendent cord of the other lever H, the sectionat will be again lifted, and acting upon the gate through the section awill thrust the latter forward across the roadway, when the parts willassume the position shown inFig. 1, the section a resting on a stop,h,which holds it in such a position that the gate cannot be forced back bypressure against its outer end.

It will be seen that the connection of the parts is such that a movementsufficient to start and carry the gate in either direct-ion may besecured by pulling down the outer end of either lever H to acomparatively slight extent, and that the gate is practicaly locked inits forward position.

The rods K K may consist of flexible or elastic strips,each connected tothe pin 8, passing through or projecting from the section an, and alsoto one of the-levers H, and a parting piece or pin, t, may be arrangedbetween the two, so as to maintain them in such a position that theywill be carried together or separated under tension as the gate changesits position in either direction, the resulting spring action of thestrips tending to assist in carrying the gate in the direction impartedto it. Ordinary connecting-rods, however, may be used, and the requisitemovement may be imparted thereto by levers connected and operating inany usual or suitable manner. For instance, a short rod or rods, K, maybe connected to a guided rod, K, sliding in brackets to a, securedandswinging on the journal f, substantially the gate, a stop, h, andoperating-levers H,

tion with a gate and a lever pivoted thereto I and at its opposite endto the journal f below as described. connected to the jointed lever,substantially 2. The bar F, terminating at one end in as and for thepurpose described. :5 5 a tang, j, and at its opposite end in an eX-Intestirnony wliereoflhave signed myname tended journal, f, in line withthe tang, and to this specificationin the presence of two subrollers i,journaled upon the bar, as shown scribing witnesses. in combination witha sliding gate carried by \VILLIAM R. WHITE. supportingrollers andtraveling between the XVitnesses:

1o rollers ii at its lower edge,a diagonally-j ointed JAMES E. BARRETT,

lever pivoted at its forward end to the gate ISAAC R. MILLs.

